Denver and the West

Southern Colorado to have new VA clinic open this fall in Lamar

A new Veterans Affairs medical clinic in Lamar is slated to open this fall, after receiving final contract approval, U.S. Rep. Cory Gardner, R-Colo., announced Tuesday.

"The stories that veterans have shared with me about the positive impacts that this new clinic would have in southern Colorado were crucial in my meetings with VA officials on the Lamar clinic," Gardner said in a press release.

New VA clinics recently have opened in Pueblo and Golden. Another new medical center is scheduled to open in Colorado Springs later this month. A new hospital is under construction in Denver, but the project over budget and behind schedule with an uncertain opening date.

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